The Salafists, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Al Qaeda in Iraq are the major forces driving the insurgency in Syria.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Damascus is the center of world terror. All these organizations, Jihad and Hamas, their headquarters are in Damascus. Syria supports Hezbollah.
The Syrian border town of Qa'im was the main gateway Islamic radicals used to go to Iraq. Syria became the passageway for extremists from Egypt, Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim nations to fight a jihad against American forces in Iraq.
Syria is attracting a lot more Westerners than the Iraq War ever did because it's the perfect Sunni jihad.
The Syrians are better suited to sort out their internal divisions than anyone else.
Syria is hosting the most dangerous terrorist organizations.
It is no exaggeration to say that Syria holds the key for nearly all of America's foreign policy goals in the Middle East. As Syria goes, so goes the region.
The presence of jihadis in Syria should be no surprise.
Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.
ISIS is in many ways a creation of the Syrian regime.
The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go to Iraq to attack random soldiers and innocent people.